St. Francis Solanus Questions & Answers About Our
Annual Stewardship Renewal My age or physical limitations prevent me from being active in the parish. Should I still turn in a Commitment Card? Yes! The first section of the card — Stewardship of Time — is the most important because it allows you to make commitments to prayer. Even if you can’t join a ministry or make it to Mass on Sunday, you can still pray for our parish. Your spiritual support has tremendous value in the eyes of God.
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a raise or bonus. The biggest reason many people don’t fulfill their pledge is that they attend Mass at another parish when they go on vacation, attend a wedding, etc. If you’re ST. FRAN CIS SOLA NUS out of town, just make up for the missed Sunday when you write your Every parish family receives a One time I turned in a card, but no one ever called next check to the parish. special “Stewardship Package” in me when I signed up for a ministry. Using your envelopes is the mail that further explains our parish’s vision of stewardship. It If this happened in the past, please forgive us! And a good way to see which includes a booklet that describes evdon’t give up on filling out your Commitment Card! Sundays you missed. ery ministry in the parish, as well as your Commitment Card. We have a very good plan to call every person inter- You can also give online ested in joining a new ministry. If for some reason the by visiting : ministry leader does not call you within four weeks of www.stfrancissolanus.com/giving. turning in your card, let the parish office know. I don’t even go to Mass very frequently. How much should I give? Why turn in a Commitment Card? Your gift is entirely dependent on how much God Because this is your chance to turn over a new has given you. At St. Francis Solanus, we ask that you leaf! Why not make a commitment to God to come to give five percent to our parish, one percent to the di- Mass every Sunday, and then write down that comocese, and four percent to other charities. Why a per- mitment? Even if that’s the only commitment you centage of income? First, because the tithe (10 percent) make, take a step forward. Jesus Himself is waiting is a scriptural benchmark that the Church has honored for you! for centuries (see Malachi 3:10). Secondly, we give a percentage of income because it is a common-sense What happens if I don’t return my Commitment standard by which everyone can equitably support Card? the parish. Most of all, we give because we believe We will mail you a reminder letter that includes God comes first in everything, even finances. an extra Commitment Card (in case you misplaced yours). Make every effort you can to participate. Our What if I can’t fulfill my financial pledge? Stewardship Renewal is a very important annual While our pledge is not a “contract,” we should all event in the life of our parish. You and your family are make a good-faith effort to fulfill it. Of course, if your part of what makes St. Francis Solanus a great comfinancial circumstances change — if you lose your munity! Most importantly, your commitments are acjob, for instance — then the amount of money you tually promises to Christ Himself. All of us are called give the Church will change, too. Likewise if you get to give back to God a portion of what He has given us. 2
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